Corrections

Published
5:30 am CDT, Saturday, October 6, 2001

· A story on Page 33A of Friday's Chronicle incorrectly reported which companies reached a $65 million settlement with the family of Danny Smith, killed in a natural gas explosion in Louisiana in 1998. Sonat Exploration was the sole company to settle with Smith's family.

· A brief on Page 32A of Friday's Chronicle incorrectly stated the circumstances of a traffic accident that killed a Katy man. Witnesses said Robert Wade Hampton, 36, had exchanged words with an unnamed motorist before losing control of his vehicle.